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100% false advertising by Mr. Sandusky. Not a single page in this book "touches" on how to appropriately gain the trust of young, at-risk boys, and then use that trust to perpetrate horrifying sexual assaults on the very children who turned to you for guidance and support. Almost as disappointing as the first time I watched "Touched by an Angel." Don't even get me started on that bullcrap. I still can't watch anything with Della Reese in it.

This guy is one of the reasons I question the motivations of adults in a position of power helping "at risk" children: priests, coaches, boy scout leaders... it's like a ringing the dinner bell for pedophiles. Personally I came very close to being molested by a camp counselor as a boy. There is no way that guy should have been allowed around children.

Don't get all pessimistic and jump to conclusions though...Most, and by most I mean probably 99.999% do those things (scouts, coaches, people who run homes for troubled kids) do so because they want to help children and make a positive difference in their lives. Bad apples yada yada.

Let's not say that stanfan114 is one of the reasons, but rather that that line of thinking is the(one of) cause(s) of it. stanfan114 has his/her own history as to why he/she distrusts adults. If you add that to the sort of confirmation bias that men don't know how to take care of children then it makes sense for a person to think like that.

As a father, coach, and hopeful future boyscout leader, this post made me very sad. What is your solution - stop having summer camp and boy scouts? Because you need volunteers/employees to make those things happen.

As a current student representing my university abroad right now, I know it's a big deal. These jokes aren't funny. They hurt. Penn State, while not always a beacon of class or self-respect, is an enormous family and community. My university isn't "pedo state," but right now that's all I'm known for here.

I promise you that we as a student body are doing what our leaders wont: make our voices heard. We need to show the world that these actions of a few despicable men do not define our great school. WE ARE the same people who raised almost 10 million for kids with cancer. WE ARE the same students who donated over 3000 pints of blood in a month last year for local blood banks. WE ARE STILL PENN STATE!!!

as a current penn state student, i feel obligated to tell you. HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH! we are still penn state and the actions of a few disgusting men do NOT define us whatsoever. We must let things like THON, Rely for Life and the Blood Drives define who we are. NEVER feel ashamed to call yourself a Penn Stater. All the people in this thread who are missing that are dispicable and not putting the blame where it should go.

Fall 2000
A janitor named James Calhoun observes Sandusky in the showers of the Lasch Football Building with a young boy, known as Victim 8, pinned up against the wall, performing oral sex on the boy. He tells other janitorial staff immediately

Sounds like some eyewitness shit right there. Followed by no action other than, told my supervisor, supervisor told me to file a report, etc., AKA nothing.

While telling other Janitorial Staff may not have been following this to the exact letter of the law, 23 Pa. C.S. 6111-6119. Section 6111 states the procedure for dealing with instances like these:

(c) Staff members of institutions, etc.--Whenever a person
is required to report under subsection (b) in the capacity as a
member of the staff of a medical or other public or private
institution, school, facility or agency, that person shall
immediately notify the person in charge of the institution,
school, facility or agency or the designated agent of the person
in charge. Upon notification, the person in charge or the
designated agent, if any, shall assume the responsibility and
have the legal obligation to report or cause a report to be made
in accordance with section 6313. This chapter does not require
more than one report from any such institution, school, facility
or agency.

Whenever I've had to report things (as a mandated reporter, which the janitorial staff might not have been, but should have been), I have to fill out incident reports, signing my name to them, ensuring they are processed, etc., or it's my ass on the line. Just telling someone, "Oh hey, there's a kid getting molested over there. It's outta my hands now." is unacceptable. Of course, that's why this whole thing is tragic. And why it continued for so long. Hindsight is 20/20.

This should be the top comment. Why not expose the world to the full palate of cute, cuddly anthropomorphic characters representing the most devious sexual fetishes man can come up with! I mean, the news already knows about Pedobear, let's get the rest of the gang some press time!

Fuck everything about this. How can you possibly generalize these events to the entire university? These were the faults of a few men (one in particular), and the responsibility is held with them and only them.

Seriously? The students are rallying around JoePa. JoePa may not have done the ultimately right thing, but he did do a right thing. Unfortunately, the court of public opinion has begun to call for his head even though he didn't do anything wrong. If you'd like to be a bit more informed of why JoePa shouldn't be taking as much blame as he is read this.

Really? They are? Students are cheering for pedophilia? It can't be that people are just unifying in one of the darkest hour our school is facing. No, it's obvious that everyone is cheering for Sandusky doing what he did.

The thing is, he reported it to his supervisors when he first heard about it, and they were the ones that were supposed to be reporting it to the police. That's why the AD and the director of finance are facing criminal charges and not Paterno directly. It's tragic that it's going to look like the coach's fault when the brunt of the blame should be on administration.

Assuming Joe had the ability to directly fire assistant coaches, if he were to do so, he would be exposing himself personally to all sorts of lawsuit liabilities associated with employment law. My guess is the pederast was probably part of a union when employed at Penn State, and would have to go through a hearings process before he could be fired. Pennsylvania isn't a right-to-work state, and I would imagine that working for a public university there probably means mandatory union membership upon hiring.

If I told my boss that I knew a guy was diddling kids in the locker room and he didn't call the cops, I'd call the fucking cops. Paterno is so popular that Penn State likely wouldn't've fire him for going over his superiors, especially if the reason he went over their heads was "I reported a fucking child molester and they didn't do shit about it." If Penn State did fire him for going over his superiors, he could happily take another job knowing he did everything in his power to keep those kids safe.

If I told my boss that I knew a guy was diddling kids in the locker room and he didn't call the cops, I'd call the fucking cops

But, that's not what happened. Paterno didn't "know anything" because he didn't witness anything. He heard an allegation from a GA, notified the AD, and met with the AD and VP about the allegations the GA brought to him.

Now read this statement from The Second Mile regarding that incident:

As The Second Mile’s CEO Jack Raykovitz testified to the Grand Jury, he was informed in 2002 by Pennsylvania State University Athletic Director Tim Curley that an individual had reported to Mr. Curley that he was uncomfortable about seeing Jerry Sandusky in the locker room shower with a youth. Mr. Curley also shared that the information had been internally reviewed and that there was no finding of wrongdoing. At no time was The Second Mile made aware of the very serious allegations contained in the Grand Jury report.

It's very possible that Curley relayed the same info to Paterno. However, The Second Mile had an obligation to investigate this further as Sandusky was their CEO. To Paterno, he was a former colleague.

I'd imagine the pressure (and the lawsuits) wouldn't come from Penn State though. The union of state employees/educators/whatever would be the problem, and when those assholes get it in their heads to start suing someone, they don't EVER let up. He probably would have been fired in that case, but it wouldn't have been the choice of the university, or even the public. What would probably happen is a Catch-22 situation: the union would jerk his card for not going to a union rep first and you have one to be employed at a University in Pennsylvania, even though the university and public still want him as the football coach.

Perhaps someone with experience in the Pennsylvania higher-education system could shed some light on this.

I understand what you're saying - there's no way he wants to go to the police with false allegations. Especially when its a friend and co-worker he knew for 30+ years - and from all other accounts was a stand up citizen.

I still believe that after that many allegations and a 2 year investigation that Paterno knew something had to be up - yet Sandusky was still on campus.

I dont want to even get into the Grad Assistant. How could a guy that witnessed such things stay at that school? All of a sudden the allegations from 2002 disappear, and the guy that witnessed them got a promotion? Sounds a little fishy to me.

Schultz (VP) and Wendell Courtney (legal counsel for The Second Mile) both have testified they were aware of the police investigation in both 1998 and 2002. Additionally, they testified that Curley (AD) might have been aware of the 1998 investigation. They made no mention of Paterno nor Spanier.

Paterno has testified that he was unaware of any investigation in 1998. This fact has been supported by existing testimony. When he heard allegations in 2002, he reported it to his supervisors.

Paterno IS Penn State and Happy Valley - there's literally no way he didn't know. I know he legally met his requirements, but I don't believe he met his moral obligations - especially when he knows the man is still on campus.

I mean I understand... I really do. You've got this man's friend, who he knew for 30+ years, and all he's got is a second hand account. Paterno never saw it himself.

However, at what point does the amount of smoke start proving a fire? allegations in 1998 and 1999 that led to his resignation. Another report/allegations in 2002 with 3 separate eye witnesses. Then a full blown investigation starting in 2009 culminating in the charges Saturday...and you just now revoke his campus privileges?

Please, if you're interested, read the Grand Jury report that is widely available. It explains that Paterno reported this to his superiors, namely the Athletic Director and the University VP who oversaw the University Police Department. He did what he was supposed to and was edged off to the side by evil men.

It would've made it easier for me to sleep at night, and would've been a great reason to leave the university. I don't want to be part of a molestation cover-up. I would imagine a beloved coach leaving his job and saying "it's because my colleagues are protecting a child molester" would open the fuck out of an investigation.

Lets add some context. Let's say you're Joe Paterno. Jerry Sandusky has been a man who was a major part of your life and why you have a legacy. You've stood by this man for over 30 years. Your wives are best friends. Your kids are best friends. Sandusky was known before this mess as someone who cared for kids. He adopted six of them, and started a non-profit to help troubled youth adjust by playing football. Then one day, a student comes up to you and tells you what he saw, after running away and calling his dad and doing nothing to stop it. You take his story seriously and you go to your boss with it, like you are supposed to do. They tell you that they are going to handle it, and there is no further needed on your part.

Now I'm not saying he should not have followed up with the AD, Paterno himself has said he should have, but lets look at the facts. Sandusky was charged in 1998 for sexual misconduct with a child, and the DA dismisses it. 2002 incident happens, and after taking it to his higher ups, Paterno hears nothing more about it. He probably assumed it was handled when it wasn't. You're making a huge stretch when you say he knew his colleagues were covering it up.

Since everyone replying to this is bashing Paterno, I'll just leave this here. Also, feel free to see the PA AG's statement on Paterno's handling of the situation. Paterno did, in hindsight, say he wishes he could have done more, but let's please not forget that there are procedures to be followed, he followed them, and his superiors dropped the ball. Also, as a Penn State student, seeing the crowd at Joe's statue last night, I feel like this student body, if not much of PSU's body of alumni will remember the good things Joe has done, and the good things he is surely yet to do.

Remember he didn't actually see anything. If you were told that your next door neighbor was a rapist, and you knew that the chief of police knew of the allegations and he was never arrested wouldn't you assume he was innocent?

Uh no, if a close friend said he witnessed my neighbor rape a child, then for years I saw that neighbor not allowed near children but see no investigation, I would look into it further. Especially when all I did was tell campus police, I'm sorry.. They deal 90% with UAD's and small drug possession.. Not child molestation.

Fuck him. Seriously? A legacy means jack shit if you didn't help little kids you know...not get raped. Fuck that old man he should have been fired yesterday. Fuck everyone on that staff who had even an inkling that something was going on and just let it happen.

He heard a secondhand report that someone he has worked closely with for over 30 years was seen in the shower with a boy. He didn't witness it. He reported it to the AD who then conspired with who was essentially the police commissioner of the University Police. They conspired to cover it up. I'm sure they had told him that everything was worked out, and Joe went back to work.

JoePa may not have done the ultimately right thing, but he didn't do anything wrong.

Cool everyone, I will drink you apologist's downvotes like they are tears. Apparently the college agrees with me though, because they fired his enabling ass. Once again, fuck Joe and everyone else in that program who knew that little kids were getting hurt and did nothing about it to protect a legacy. Seriously, a fucking football legacy on the back of up to 20 kids who have been scarred for life. Who have been raped. And I am the unpopular guy for this opinion.

Edit: Joe Pa didn't do enough from a moral perspective, however legally he may have acted.

You do understand Joe Pa did everything he was required to do and (presumably) all he believed he needed to? The internet says he was told it was sexual acts, but interviews with the grad student say he was telling Joe Pa about "horsing around" between Sandusky and the kid. I think Joe did what most people would do and assumed the more likely of events like tousling hair or headlock over something sexual.

Something this garish is not the norm, and he would have no cause to expect this from someone he thought he knew. I wouldn't want to believe it, but if that's how he thought, he might've had some obligation to find out if his worries were truly unwarranted. Overall, Joe Pa's done great things, and made mistakes. We don't know how serious this mistake is though, until we find out whether he was willfully obstructing the flow of information (though he was not charged like other officials with perjury and withholding facts.)

You do understand Joe Pa did everything he was required to do and (presumably) all he believed he needed to?

Legally, he's in the clear. No one's arguing that. What people are concerned about was why no police were ever contacted concerning this. Most of that isn't JoePa's fault; the administrators he told about McQueary's statement should have gotten the police involved.

Ideally, as soon as McQueary finished telling him what happened, he should have called the AD, and then called the police so that McQueary could tell them exactly what he was just told. That way, the police are actually involved and have a statement from an eyewitness.

That didn't happen, and that's a shame because it probably led to more children getting raped. JoePa's got plausible deniability and did what he was required to do, but he's also known for being somewhat demanding about character, so it's disappointing he didn't do more in this case.

Something this garish is not the norm, and he would have no cause to expect this from someone he thought he knew.

2002 wasn't the first allegation against Sandusky. He'd been investigated in 1998, prior to retiring. It's not impossible that JoePa had no idea that one of his coaches was under investigation for molesting children, but it seems somewhat unlikely.

In any case, McQueary was promoted. Probably on his merit, but if he made such an accusation, it seems like whether he was lying or not would be the sort of character trait they'd be looking for when discussing promotion.

I agree. He did everything he was legally required to do, but ethically and integrity wise, he knew he didn't do everything he should have.

There is blame all the way up the chain. On the student, who witnessed first hand a rape, and did nothing to stop it, instead calling his father.

To Joe who sent it up, but did not see it through, nor call the police.

To the Korean war veteran Janitor who witness Joe sucking a kids dick and nearly had a heart attack, but him and his fellow janitors neglected to call the police in fear of their jobs. And their supervisor who they told, and did not call the police.

To the AD, who did not call the police.

To the President, who did not call the police.

Play devils advocate and say that the mom's who reported it to the police accomplished nothing as well. There was a whole lot of fuck ups, and I blame everyone involved.

There was far to much inaction from every god damned person there, and they should all be nailed to the god damn wall.

For now, yes, we really should be ignoring the great stuff and take a moment to acknowledge how badly the school fucked up on this one. Kids were raped, for years, the school knew about it, and it was covered up.

Its not the university but it is the students which organize it and I argue are about as close to the "soul" of a university you will get. Plus, I have never heard of the BJC charging THON(especially since donating the weekend and electric == instant tax write off) and would like some news stories about that fact.